Name
Date
What Kind of Number?
Follow these directions to play:
1
2
1
3
1
2
3
4
1
5
1
3
5
7
On 14 index cards write the fractions
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
, and
. Shuffle the cards
3
3
4
4
5
5
5
5
6
6
8
8
8
8
and stack them facedown.
On 14 more index cards write the whole numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, and
24. Shuffle the cards and place them facedown in another stack.
Pick a card from each stack. Write the numbers in the first column in the table as factors. Predict
whether their product will be a fraction (F), a whole number (W), or a mixed number (M). Record
your predictions. Then multiply to check. Write the product in simplest form in the table.
Continue until all the cards in each stack have been used.
Fraction
Whole Number
Prediction
Product